Politics

On one hand, President Ricardo Martinelli wants to be re elected. On the other hand, critics want the Public Prosecutor to investigate him.

Murder rates in several districts of Guatemala City have been cut by up to 75%, as the government calls out the troops.

President Ricardo Martinelli has persuaded dozens of legislators to back his bid for re election in 2014.

The resignation in disgrace earlier this month by the Finance Minister, as well as of the Director of Taxation, in both cases for failing to pay taxes, is only part of the country´s problem.

The presidents of Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua meet this week, with the idea of reaching an agreement for developing the Gulf of Fonseca on the Pacific Coast.

The victory by the right-wing National Repblican Alliance (ARENA in Spanish) in last week’s legislative elections was modest.

The drug politics of the region in recent weeks have become as complicated as an international smuggling route.

The race for the presidency is getting tight, as the campaign enters its final phase.

The presidents of two Central American countries have called for a public debate on legalizing drugs, including marijuana and cocaine.

Hundreds of native Guaymi people confronted security forces, demanding an end to extraction industries in their territory of Ngoble Bugle.